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TIL that “Kittchen” is a German Slang Term for Prison

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bp04 TIL that the common belief that a scorpion surrounded by fire will sting itself to death is untrue. When exposed to rapid heat, the nervous system spasms uncontrollably, leading to what looks like the scorpion stinging itself.
DQxj TIL that having orgasms 3 times a week helps reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke by 50%
50k TIL there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Possible Chess Games.
OoGBa TIL There is 10 times more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all the rivers on Earth combined, and 50 times more tapped in the soil
16yr4 TIL, Internet Protocol had been successfully implemented in Birds (IP Over Avian Carriers, RFC 1149) with 9 packets of data, 55% packet loss ratio, and 3000-6000ms response time.